This week we are joined by John Roy from Smoke and Mirrors Sound System. John also plays in Unsteady. John tells us about learning to play the sax and how he first got into ska music. John also talks about who his bands got their start and what it’s like being a working musician. Lastly, we give you ska news and our ska picks of the week.

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Ska News:

Safe Sax

Safe Sax dropped a new 3 song ep called With Consent. Safe Sax is a ska punk band from Edmonton.

https://open.spotify.com/album/5maLrXlGwjtF7qW5sScxeb?si=Jom8Tjt9SHG11r2SPbIRrA&dl_branch=1

-Big D and The Kids

On July 16th Bid D and The Kids Table Officially released the first single entitled Too Much from their new album called Do Your Art. The new album drops October 22. You can preorder the album now through side one dummy records.

https://sideonedummy.com/collections/big-d-and-the-kids-table

-Hey-Smith

Ska punk band from Tokyo Japan Hey-Smith released a new song called Be The One.

https://open.spotify.com/album/5242skyRrpMPFR9dYgFZpq?si=pvdfp3jZSheJGLyfZITQow&dl_branch=1

Spotify playlist Ska Favorites:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2DikTsRPk4dspXejk9bFko?si=vaPlX9V7QVW9JsTRSUdqCg

Ska News Theme by Dang!t:

https://dangitband.bandcamp.com/music

Main Theme by Millington:

https://millingtonband.bandcamp.com/music

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